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Shubnikov de Haas oscillation measurements on Pr<i>T</i><sub>2</sub>Cd<sub>20</sub> (<i>T</i> = Ni, Pd) “cage” compounds

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Abstract

Our group discovered a variation of the RT2X20 (R is a rare earth element, T a transition metal) “1-2-20” compounds with X = Cd. These “cage” compounds contain atomic cages within which R and T ions are located. The localized f- electron states of the R ions hybridize with the ligand states of the surrounding cage ions and generate correlated electron behavior. Pr-based “1-2-20” compounds with a Pr3+ non-Kramers doublet ground state in the crystalline electric field have been reported to exhibit quadrupolar Kondo phenomena, multipolar ordering, heavy fermion behavior, etc. In order to study the Fermi surface of PrT2Cd20 (T = Ni, Pd) compounds, we measured Shubnikov de Haas oscillations using the Proximity Detector Oscillator method for H up to 60 T at T = 1.5 K on single crystals.

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Presenters

  • Alexander Breindel

    University of California, San Diego

Authors

  • Alexander Breindel

    University of California, San Diego

  • Sheng Ran

    National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Quantum Materials Center, Department of Physics, University of Maryland College Park, Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, Maryland Quantum Materials Center and Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, Washington University, Physics Department, Washington University in St. Louis, NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, University of Maryland, College Park

  • Fedor F Balakirev

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • John Singleton

    National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory, LANL, NHMFL, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), Los Alamos

  • Hisatomo Harima

    Kobe University

  • M Brian Maple

    Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, University of California, San Diego, Physics, Univ. of California, San Diego